El triunfo de la verdad... oficial  (The Triumph of [Official] Truth)

Abstract

Spanish Abstract: A finales de octubre de 2007, un tribunal presidido por el juez español Gómez Bermúdez emitió o evacuó la sentencia sobre el 11-M, uno de los juicios más famosos y polémicos de la historia de España, relativo a los atentados terroristas del 11 de marzo de 2004 en Madrid, rodeados de polémica tanto sobre la naturaleza y circunstancias de los atentados como sobre la actuación policial en torno a ellos. Este artículo fue escrito sobre la marcha durante la lectura de la sentencia, y es por tanto una primera reacción a las limitaciones, arbitrariedades y puntos ciegos tanto de la investigación policial como del tratamiento judicial de este episodio. Con el tiempo, la sentencia del 11-M aparece cada vez más claramente como un cierre en falso de un episodio que sigue rodeado de oscuridad, y en suma como un intento de encubrimiento oficial de los acontecimientos que deja muchas cuestiones sin resolver y sin investigar.

English abstract: At the end of October 2007, a Spanish courtroom presided by judge Gómez Bermúdez passed a sentence on the 11-M case, one of the most famous and polemical trials in Spanish history, judging on the terrorist attacks carried out in Madrid on March 11, 2004, an event which was the subject of much debate, not just on the nature and circumstances of the attacks, but also on the police response and treatment of the same. This paper was written simultaneously as the sentence was being read by the judge to the public, and is therefor an early reaction to the limitations, arbitrariness and blind spots both of the research done by the police and of the judicial treatment of this episode. In hindsight, the 11-M sentence appears ever more clearly as an attempt at a false closure to an event which is still submerged in darkness, and, in sum, as an attempt at a cover-up of the events by providing an official version which leaves many questions unanswered and unaddressed. (Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish)

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish

Keywords: Terrorism, Trials, Justice, Cover-ups, Police corruption, Conspiracies, Terrorist attacks, Spanish history, Prosecutions